Should UGA season ticket holders be satisfied with a diet of cupcakes?
If you’re a Georgia football season ticket holder and you haven’t made your annual contribution to the Hartman Fund, better get down to the post office, go online or get on the horn to the Georgia Bulldog Club offices in Athens, because today’s the deadline. You can find out all the details here.
Contributions sent via snail mail must be postmarked no later than Feb. 15.
Even if you’re not going for season tickets, a minimum $100 contribution to the Hartman Fund will get you a 2012 football ticket application and will make you eligible to request single-game tickets to five of the seven home games. With the Dawgs looking to open the season as possibly a Top 5 team, some folks might want to scramble aboard the bandwagon.
Then again, whether you can find five home games on Georgia’s 2012 schedule that you consider worth the cost of the ticket plus a contribution is another question.
Along those lines, I had a note from reader SavannahDawg, who was going ahead and making his contribution but was grumbling about the 2012 home schedule, which admittedly isn’t that exciting: Buffalo, Florida Atlantic, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Georgia Southern and Georgia Tech.
He complained that “the cupcake portion of that schedule is particularly lame. If sticking to an eight-game conference schedule in the expanded SEC means we have to give up playing Auburn every year just so we can keep the likes of the Florida Atlantic Owls coming to Athens for a paycheck, I’m going to be seriously rethinking my commitment to buying season tickets every year. Better to make a smaller donation and get single games, or even cherry-pick the best games on StubHub. Even paying scalper’s prices for those games, it’ll end up costing me less than season tickets when you factor in the Hartman Fund.”
SavanahDawg makes a valid point and I’m wondering if the SEC athletic directors’ aversion to adding a ninth conference game might not end up costing them financially down the road in terms of getting fans in the stands.
What do you think? Would a schedule that kept the cupcakes and lost Auburn as an annual opponent make you any less likely to buy tickets to games at Sanford Stadium?
Got something on your mind concerning UGA athletics or a question for the Junkyard Blawg? Send it to junkyardblawg@gmail.com.
Find me on Facebook.
Follow me on Twitter.
— Bill King, Junkyard Blawg
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
416 comments Add your comment
Dawg 39
February 15th, 2012
1:05 pm
I believe that we should follow the same type of scheduling that UF, LSU, Alabama & other national recognized programs do. What works for them should also work for the Dawgs.
I feel confident that McGarity, coming from a successful UF program, will do what is best for the program, the fans, & even the TV interests. A fine line perhaps but one that he has to walk to please as many interests as possible.
SSIgator
February 15th, 2012
1:05 pm
“Would a schedule that kept the cupcakes and lost Auburn as an annual opponent make you any less likely to buy tickets to games at Sanford Stadium?”
The bigger question is:
Will UGA fans continue to shell out money to watch Mark “I can win games – just not big games” Richt and his sidekick Booboo run the same three offensive plays game after game?
GTBob
February 15th, 2012
1:05 pm
I wouldn’t be satisfied if I was a UGA season ticket holder, but then again, without the cupcakes how is Richt going to win his 9-10 games and keep proving that he is an amazing coach?
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:05 pm
Contractor
February 15th, 2012
12:58 pm
wow you have lots to learn little guy.
What big time recruits did we miss out on bc of lack of exposure???? please give me one.
Its called not putting yourself at a disadvantage. Thats how every other teams wants to play it then so will we. If you dont like it go be a fan of the ACC.
FYI Bama doesnt need to play penn state (Nor does any SEC team besides maybe the bottom feeders) to get extra exposure. Its a luxury of the SEC, big time players want to play in the SEC.
G-Dawg
February 15th, 2012
1:06 pm
All teams have cupcake seasons from time to time. So whats the big deal? Some of those smaller schools get a big payday for those games, which funds their programs.
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:08 pm
MR is a Hypocrite
February 15th, 2012
1:02 pm
hhahahahahahahah bama played basically the same schedule we did this past year moron. Good try though.
Dawg 39
February 15th, 2012
1:09 pm
As usual . the Bobo Bashers & the Fire Richt Crowd have nothing to say that I agree with. They are wrong.
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:10 pm
SSIgator
February 15th, 2012
1:05 pm
Go back and check that, bc when Richt caleld the plays he was very good at beating top teams, bobos record is a much different story.
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:10 pm
GTBob
February 15th, 2012
1:05 pm
without cupcakes littered throughout the ACC how would tech ever even win 6 games???
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:11 pm
Dawg 39
February 15th, 2012
1:09 pm
No real fan agrees with anything those clowns have to say
SSIgator
February 15th, 2012
1:14 pm
TDF -
Slow day at Tire Kingdom today? You never did get me my quote on the Pirrellis I wanted for my car.
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:16 pm
SSIgator
February 15th, 2012
1:14 pm
Wow you really havent come up with anything new yet??? Gotta love the jort wwearing gaytor fans!! No creativity.
Contractor
February 15th, 2012
1:17 pm
TDF,
First off, I’ll put my sports IQ and professional knowledge up against you any day son, so don’t try belittling me on a computer with some lame comment. When was the last time we went out of the Southeast to get a recruit, not named Knowshon? Alabama, LSU, Florida, and Auburn get kids from all over the country to play for them, and they win. They come in and poach most of our better athletes. I admit we do get some good high quality ranked guys, but not to the extent of these schools that play better teams throughout the year. The article clearly asks us if we want tougher teams on the schedule or weaker opponents. I stated tougher opponents brings better results, because you have to play the best to beat the best, and if we would have another decent team or two on the schedule then we may be ready in the second half against LSU. Georgia is a traditional football school with a lot of stars and winning, but we need a competitive advantage to win more National Championships. The SEC doesn’t give you EVERYTHING you need to succeed, look at Kentucky, Vanderbilt, and Ole Miss as of late. Just because we play in the best conference in America doesn’t mean we are automatically given things.
just a fan
February 15th, 2012
1:19 pm
No not at all as a season ticket holder I am very disappointed with next seasons schedule.
SSIgator
February 15th, 2012
1:22 pm
TDF -
Rumor has it that you are doing well in your remedial English class at night school. Remember though, you must pass the writing skills portion of the class to get credit towards your GED. Then your boss at Tire Kingdom will give you that fifty cents per hour raise he promised.
you morons
February 15th, 2012
1:25 pm
The world is not going to end if Georgia doesn’t play Auburn every year. Get over it. Nebraska joining the Big Ten and not playing Texas, Oklahoma, etc. didn’t end the world. We are all still here. Have fun paying big money to see Buffalo, Florida Atlantic and Georgia Southern, to go along with the bottom tier of the SEC and Tech.
(For the record, before you blast me for being anti-Georgia, I’m not a fan of anybody. Just a casual observer)
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:25 pm
I welcome all challengers and always have.
Actually we went and got Greg Pyke OL from Maryland this year. You clearly focus on rivals for your recruiting ratings. Even though its been easily proven that all pay sites cater to high subscription areas and skew the rankings for those teams (Florida teams, USC, Bama, Ohio State)
Having more tough games on the schedule doesnt solve the depth issue that makes us not ready for second halfs. And FYI adding more tough games increases the likelyhood of more injuries and would actually hurt us even more for the second half.
Here you go contractor. Now please tell me that they get most of our players
For those dumb trolls from bama who think they own the state of GA in recruiting, and for those UGA fans that are dumb enough to believe it, here is a break down from the last 7 years of where the top 10 GA recruits went. (Top 10 determined by Bama’s precious rivals site)
Georgia-31
Florida State- 6
Alabama- 4
Auburn- 4
Tennessee- 4
Florida- 3
Southern California- 3
Miami (Fl)- 3
Georgia Tech- 3 (Ha!)
Notre Dame- 2
Michigan- 1
South Carolina- 1
Ohio State- 1
Stanford- 1
North Carolina- 1
Louisiana State- 1
Oklahoma- 1
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:26 pm
SSIgator
February 15th, 2012
1:22 pm
And your only other joke. Try again
GTBob
February 15th, 2012
1:28 pm
without cupcakes littered throughout the ACC how would tech ever even win 6 games???
Im pretty sure we would be fine if we added Vandy, Kentucky, and Ole Miss to our schedule.
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:30 pm
GTBob
February 15th, 2012
1:28 pm
Actually you would be lucky to win one of those games.
DawgSTILE
February 15th, 2012
1:30 pm
Where is “dawginLEX” in this intellectual conversation? That dude is the only one I know wired straight to CMR AND the Clarke Co Sheriffs office!!
Ringleader
February 15th, 2012
1:35 pm
McGarity is not the same guy I knew before he went to Florida. He now thinks he can only wear
silk underwear and he only communicates with the big dogs. He no longer communicates with the
average fan. Watch him with Pres Adams, what a brown nose. The schedule is pitiful and remains
so for the next ten years. The non-conference games will have thousands of empty seats and the
unused tickets cannot be given away. The high demand was because of the schedules Damon set
up and the travel games to Arizona, Oklahoma and Colorado. Those days are gone and so has the
demand for tickets, it is not only the pitiful coaching we saw in 2010 and again last year.
pooh p
February 15th, 2012
1:36 pm
Boy, TDF sure spends a lot of time here.
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:38 pm
DawgSTILE
February 15th, 2012
1:30 pm
He will make an appearnce be nice to have another DGD in here
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:39 pm
Ringleader
February 15th, 2012
1:35 pm
Not a UGA fan move along
GTBob
February 15th, 2012
1:39 pm
Actually you would be lucky to win one of those games.
Wow, SEC fans really are delusional. Ole Miss couldn’t even beat Louisiana Tech.
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:39 pm
pooh p
February 15th, 2012
1:36 pm
hiding behind anothe handel???? dont be scared little guy.
And yet I have been able to get all of my work done today so far and continue to knock it out!
GTBob
February 15th, 2012
1:40 pm
I have no clue!
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:40 pm
GTBob
February 15th, 2012
1:39 pm
and thats the one I see you winning. Vandy would smoke you and KY could too
Macclenny_dawg
February 15th, 2012
1:41 pm
I am not worried about the schedule. I just want a chance for a national title. If the schedule was harder it would increase the chance we lose. As long as we win the SEC we will play 4 the national title!!! Just look at Lsu this year. It was a shame Lsu goes through their schedule and loses 2 someone they already beat earlier and still didn’t even share the title!!!Un believable!!! Just 1 loss and the chances of playing 4 the national title is over unless your team is Usc, Texas, ND, Oklahoma, or Florida. So 4 us 2 get the national exposure we will have to win a national title 1st with a cupcake schedule!!!
DawginLex
February 15th, 2012
1:41 pm
At the end of the season all I want to be saying is:
I paid
I saw
We conquered
Win all our games and none of you will give a crap about the schedule.
Bobo is not the problem, I feel much better about the season knowing you won’t be there.
pooh p
February 15th, 2012
1:43 pm
Not hiding behind any “handels” TDF. I was just reading the story and noticed the loser.
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:45 pm
pooh p
February 15th, 2012
1:43 pm
ahhahahahaha sure. So loser= guy who actually knows what he is talking about??
Funny Bunny
February 15th, 2012
1:47 pm
If we go twelve and one and lose out to Boise State in the NCG race because they have a tougher schedule that would be sad.
Queer Dawg
February 15th, 2012
1:53 pm
where is dawgstile?
That futher mucker stole my boyfriend!
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:54 pm
Funny Bunny
February 15th, 2012
1:47 pm
hahahahaha come on ppl you know this would never happen.
Contractor
February 15th, 2012
1:55 pm
TDF,
I had a decent comment, but the crappy AJC didn’t process it. I am not conceeding, just too busy to try and type up my response again. Nice bit of information on the in state recruits, and I stand corrected on the amount of guys other schools pull. I guess they just pull the better one and have a better judge of talent than our coaches.
Contractor
February 15th, 2012
1:56 pm
TDF,
I had a decent comment, but the crappy AJC didn’t process it. I am not conceding, just too busy to try and type up my response again. Nice bit of information on the in state recruits, and I stand corrected on the amount of guys other schools pull. I guess they just pull the better one and have a better judge of talent than our coaches.
TDF
February 15th, 2012
1:57 pm
Where you at Contractor thought we were going to battle?????
GTBob
February 15th, 2012
1:58 pm
and thats the one I see you winning. Vandy would smoke you and KY could too
We played Vandy recently. It didn’t quite go that way. I wouldn’t even be the least bit worried about Kentucky. They are only slightly better then Ole Miss.
TDF
February 15th, 2012
2:01 pm
Contractor
February 15th, 2012
1:55 pm
ahahahahahahahaha worng again. They dont pull the better ones and dont evaluate better (Bama just offers without evals done). We have landed the number one guy in the state the past 2 years and mutliple other times in these past 7 years. Recruiting in state is something Richt is really starting to do well. Saying otherwise is foolish or your too lazy to check out recruiting for yourself.
Richt just landed the number one player in 4 diff states this year.
FYI you dont have to go out of the SE to get players bc majority of the best are in the SE.
Another FYI, we are recruiting sveral kids from up North this year, one just got an offer the other day and will be getting down to UGA ASAP to check us out.
TDF
February 15th, 2012
2:03 pm
GTBob
February 15th, 2012
1:58 pm
ahahah tell that to Kentucky. They just added some great needs for this coming year. Blaylock twins out of Walton were a huge get for them.
Vandy with Jordan Rodgers would own tech.
KB
February 15th, 2012
2:07 pm
“We played Vandy recently. It didn’t quite go that way.”
through recruiting and a coaching change Vandy has improved tech hasn’t Vandy would beat tech easily, Vandy 41- wake 7 Wake , Wakes better than tech. Kentucky has better talent .
GTBob
February 15th, 2012
2:10 pm
ahahah tell that to Kentucky. They just added some great needs for this coming year. Blaylock twins out of Walton were a huge get for them.
Vandy with Jordan Rodgers would own tech.
Kentucky won’t even make a bowl game and you know it. Vandy couldn’t even beat Tennessee. You really need to stop trying to build up every SEC team like they are the best team in the country. Just because UGA almost lost to Vandy doesn’t mean Vandy is any good at all.
GTBob
February 15th, 2012
2:12 pm
through recruiting and a coaching change Vandy has improved tech hasn’t
You are right. Vandy used to be terrible. Now they are just awful.
TDF
February 15th, 2012
2:14 pm
GTBob
February 15th, 2012
2:10 pm
I dont have to try and build them up. they do it themselves by playing good teams tough. Had Vandy gotten a few lucky bounces this year they would have beaten some great teams.
Vandy with rodgers is beyond better than Tech with their head RB.
ripped off dawg
February 15th, 2012
2:18 pm
Ticket prices for season ticket holder will go up by $5. I am sure that single tix will increase as well.
Go Dawgs with extra $$
My tix will be on craigslist!
BamaGuy
February 15th, 2012
2:19 pm
Cupcakes may get you to a BCS Championship….However, Cupcakes will get you blown off the field in one too…
GTBob
February 15th, 2012
2:21 pm
I dont have to try and build them up. they do it themselves by playing good teams tough.
Yeah, they played Tennessee and Cincinnati pretty tough. Do you consider those to be good teams?
Tarlie Chrippi
February 15th, 2012
2:22 pm
For everyone who continues to bemoan the scheduling of this year and beyond (i.e., KoolAid), please note that the out-of-conference schedules through 2014 were in place long before McGarity was the AD. As for the conference schedules and the “lack” of in-conference competition — does everyone not realize that conference schedules are determined by the SEC? Individual schools may be able to determine WHEN they play certain teams, but most certainly don’t determine WHOM they play. When the Dawgs were playing some combination of LSU, ‘Bama and Arky I don’t recall so much scheduling criticism from the trolls around here. Everything comes full circle — it’s how scheduling CYCLES work.